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Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

I was talking to one of the delegates attending IT Forum who was having challenges with users changing their details in the Global Address List (GAL) and causing lots of administration work for the Exchange administrators.  He wanted to know if it was possible to give users permission to edit their own personal information (mobile, office location, title...) in the GAL  Each user should have permission to edit only their information not the information of anyone else. Users must be administrators of their own personal information only.  

If you want to do this, you can use GALMOD or the Web Based Gal Modify Tool from the Back Office Resource kit if you need to reduce the load on your own Exchange Administrators.

 
Published Friday, November 19, 2004 10:11 AM by Eileen_Brown
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Friday, November 19, 2004 2:27 PM by Jesse

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

Any such features for say a Modern version of Exchange? The linked KB is for 5.5
Friday, November 19, 2004 2:52 PM by Eileen Brown

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

This works for all versions of Exchange. its just a form front end that gives you access to your own GAL properties
Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:14 PM by Chip

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

Is there another place we can get it instead of the resource kit?
Monday, November 29, 2004 1:55 PM by Eileen Brown

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

A search on MSN produced this URL: http://www.amset.info/outlook/addressbook.asp along with information about how to use it.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:37 PM by Alex McCool

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

Can anyone tell me what rights need to be given to a user to order for them to modify user account properties via the Address Book tool, or the Search People (active directory) method?
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:00 PM by Eileen Brown

# re: Modifying your own details in the Exchange Global Address List (GAL)

Alex - You need to have the following rights:
System, Modify Admin Attributes, Modify User Attributes or Modify Permissions rights.
From the KB article at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186950

The Exchange Phone Number attribute, which is mapped to the LDAP telephoneNumber attribute, has an Access Category of 2, which means that users with "Modify Users Attributes" permission on the object can change the value. The Primary Windows NT Account associated with a mailbox is granted "Modify Users Attributes" permission by default, so that the primary user of the mailbox can change the phone number in the directory.
More information at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272198 and http://www.outlookexchange.com/articles/glenscales/galmdcom.asp

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